Mary Peltola trashes New York Times report on Dan Sullivan plot, calling it a 'distraction'

During a rally on Wednesday, Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola dismissed a New York Times report alleging that her campaign took part in an effort to peel votes away from incumbent Republican Sen.Dan Sullivan to a same-named rival, calling the story a "distraction" used to sell papers. "This is just another distraction," Peltola said in a video shared on X by local Alaskan writer Matt Tunseth.

"It's another diversion.Every day, it’s some new, you know, ‘Look over here moment.’ Not Dan Sullivan, registered Republican, incumbent, voted for this war in Iran 14 times.

Lisa Murkowski quit voting for that war in Iran six months ago, and he’s doubling and tripling down."The New York Times published an investigation on Wednesday that described a covert operation, internally dubbed the "ballot composition project," to recruit spoiler candidates with the same name as Sullivan. DEM BUCKS PARTY OVER ALLEGED ALASKA VOTE-SIPHONING EFFORT: 'NEITHER PARTY SHOULD BE DOING IT'A New York Times report suggested Alaskan Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign was involved in having two individuals by the name of Dan Sullivan appear alongside each other on the ballot.(Sullivan for U.S.

Senate; Nathaniel Wilder/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Brandon Bell-Pool/Getty Images)According to the report, since 2025, a Peltola staffer was directed to comb through state voter rolls to compile a list of Alaskans named Dan Sullivan.The operation allegedly involved aides from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), top campaign advisors, party lawyers and an operative who traveled across the state under assumed names."The plan worked.This spring, a retired teacher from a tiny fishing village along the Alaska Panhandle, reachable only by air and sea, announced his candidacy for Senate.

His name was Dan J.Sullivan," the Times reported.At the rally, however, Peltola dismissed the report, claiming that it was made to "get subscriptions.""And this is not ...